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A Grief Observed

By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
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About this listen

 Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments", A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period: "Nothing will shake a man, or at any rate a man like me, out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself."

This is a beautiful and unflinchingly honest record of how even a stalwart believer can lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and how he can gradually regain his bearings.

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"A very personal, anguished, luminous little book about the meaning of death, marriage, and religion." ( Publishers Weekly)
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this book has two ten minute introductions which i am not reviewing..

i have listened to this book several times now and its raw honesty takes my breath away

no easy answers here thank God, more of a journey through a sea of pain to.. Well the book is a hopeful one i believe and death doesn't have the last laugh.

if like me you haven't really experienced grief but know somebody who has this might help you understand

excellently read by Ralph Cosham.

a must for anybody alive

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It's like Lewis put all of my thoughts into one little cohesive and intelligible book. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has thought this way and I'm grateful that God gifted Lewis in such a beautiful way

Makes me feel like I'm not alone in this

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Its wonderfull and sad to see how a brilliant man goes though a big loss

Captivating

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I listened to this soon after my mum passed away and found it helpful. Listening again 3 months later I can identify with so much more with what CS Lewis writes. Especially about recalling what a person was like when they lived. I highly recommend this book.

An account of grief written from the heart.

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I have experienced a major loss recently. This book articulates it so well. The early stages of grief. I have found it comforting to hear my thoughts and experiences via this Audiobook.

Grief- is just like this

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